On December 20, 2018, the Agricultural Improvement Act (“AIA”) of 2018 was signed into law. Among the changes made within the AIA was the long-awaited legalization of industrial hemp. The AIA removes hemp (defined as cannabis and derivatives of cannabis with less than 0.3% THC on a dry weight basis) from the Controlled Substances Act…

Marijuana could become legal federally thanks to a bill that would make it legal and regulate it like alcohol. The bill was introduced by Democratic Sen. Ron Wyden of Oregon. According to the new bill, the Marijuana Revenue and Regulation Act has been given the surname of S. 420 by Wyden and is a companion measure to…